[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] the champagne has been popped and the orioles and fans are still celebrating. it out businesses are gearing up for the big game. and how both campaigns are using the september jobs report to their advantage of the campaign trail. mostly cloudy today, a chance of rain on the way. the forecast coming out.

captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- it is really exciting. i think the whole town has orange and purple fever for the first time in a long time. and that is really cool. >> go orioles! good evening. the orioles postseason run continues after beating texas last night, preparing for game 1 of the alds sunday against the yankees. also preparing, the hotels and bars and vendors, the city getting ready for postseason baseball. >> 24 hours from now, oriole park at camden yards will be the center of baltimore's attention as the orioles face the yankees in game one of the american league division series, 6:15 sunday night. local companies from print shops

to retail shops were busy putting out merchandise like these t-shirts. a war up all night basically working to get them to the stores. -- they were working all night basically to get them to the stores. >> last night, it was crazy. i have not slept at all. we're just getting ready for today. we knew that it would be crazy before we got here. 7:00 in the morning, people are already waiting. we opened up at 8:00, we opened early, and we will probably stay late. >> we were there last night when the fans went nuts after the orioles recorded their final out against the rangers. of course, celebration it and sued and outside of these merchants. i was -- the celebration in sudan outside of these merchants. i was told they will not have any official alds orioles-

yankees shirts. you can only get those shirts and the orioles when the alds and go on to win the alcs. tickets, sunday and monday are basically sold out. some tickets are being returned, so check the orioles' website if you want to try to get those tickets that are available. >> probably will see a lot of fans bundled up in the stands. it is feeling like fall. >> the temperatures have started to fall as the cold front has went through. rain is not an issue with this. it is on the eastern shore, almost off the shoreline. the cold air is behind it, spot showers over the water, and just above ocean city. nothing in town. the sunshine came back out after the clouds that were associated with the front. it is all about the temperatures at this stage of the game, not

really debris are at this point. for the game tomorrow, not only the temperature but the rain as well. the forecast coming up. anne arundel county police have identified a man who died last night after nestled in brooklyn park. he was found on ritchie highway just after 9:00 last night. they say that a 50-year-old was involved in a physical altercation and later died at the hospital. the police do not believe it was random and are asking anybody with information to contact them. baltimore city police have identified the two officers involved in a pursuit that ended with gunfire early thursday. a 17-year veteran and four-year veteran responded to the scene. the suspect pulled a gun from his waistband, then one of the officer shot and missed the suspect, who fled and was later arrested. the two officers are assigned to the patrol division and are in administrative leave.

hundreds of volunteers are working to improve baltimore, the 10th annual day of service run by a nonprofit civic volunteer association. some beneficiaries of the product are residents of the park side gardens apartments. a fire bombing forced them out of their homes last month. the group is pitching in to help with what has already been an impressive response to the fire. >> we are not leading anything because we did not have to. people have really stepped up by donating things. we are sorting those, making sure they get to folks who need them. >> close to 30,000 people have volunteered with civic works since its inception. dramatic turns on the campaign trail, the latest economic numbers showing the unemployment rate was better than expected. the presidential candidates had their first debate, and they are

prepping for their own show down this weekend for the vice presidents. >> in his weekly address, president obama is talking about the sudden drop in unemployment that is good news for the economy and a great news for his reelection campaign. >> more americans are entering the workforce. more americans are getting jobs. if that unemployment dropped from 8.1% to 7.9%, but mitt romney -- >> we are having problems with that story. the latest political news on our website, wbaltv.com, with the up-to-date information for state, local, and national elections. they had fought for years to fight extradition. now four suspects are in u.s. courts. how they answered the charges against them. he was convicted of stealing the pope's private papers and

linking them to a journalist. why he may not spend any time in prison, next. prison, next.

an extremist clear-cut and four other suspect appeared in court today hours after they were brought for into the u.s. to face trial. the preacher did not enter replete of charges he conspired to set up a terrorist training camp and at oregon and abducted 16 hostages. four other men pled not guilty. the vatican says that the former butler of pope benedict is expected to get a papal apartment after stealing the pope's private documents and

linking them to a journalist. he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. he said he did because he felt that the pope was not been informed of what was going on in the vatican and that exposing them publicly would put the church on the right track. >> i would not say anybody in the vatican is happy about this. it is a sad chapter, but it appears to be a just trial and just sentenced. >> he is serving his sentence under house arrest for now. cool the temperatures are here, john. >> they are in process, running about 10 degrees above average this past week or so, but we are going way below average the next couple days. right now, 64

the latest economic numbers showed the unemployment rate was better than expected and the vice presidential candidates are prepping for a showdown and kentucky. >> in his weekly address, president obama is talking about the sudden drop in unemployment that is good news for the economy and great news for his reelection campaign. >> more americans are entering the work force, more americans are getting jobs. >> unemployment dropped from 8.1% to 7.8%, but met romney has his own take.

>> the number of people in america, the participation is the same as when he got elected. the unemployment rate would be about 11%. >> still, the unemployment news, not talk about the wednesday debate and not the president's poor performance, entered the headlines. some republicans find that too convenient. the former ceo jack welch said the books had been cooked. >> i have no evidence, i just raised the question. >> while mitt romney's wife was working the phones, the vice presidential candidates were getting ready for their big showdown, hoping to make a difference on the big stage. now the 11 insta-weather forecast with john collins. >> the front coming through

these clouds, moving to the east. most of this was on the eastern shore. now the skies had cleared for the most part. this cold front, and it is doing what a cold front does, dropping the temperature. 79 high at the airport, right before noon, then the temperature starting falling. we're in the mid-60s now. the low today will be at midnight, probably in the 50's. the typical high this time of year is 70. the typical low is 49, so definitely becoming more autumn- like. the temperatures in the 70's on the lower eastern shore, a thin green and darker green and blue, indicating cooler temperatures, 40's and oakland in garrett county. the satellite image, the air has been pretty dry. the front did have -- did not have much to work with, but there were some showers in the state of maine.

it is quite a bit cooler off to the west. the front is moving off the shore line right now, coming in behind it on breezy conditions. the chilly air coming out of central canada, snow on the ground in minnesota and to the north, north of lake superior. that is from the same storm a day or so ago. looks like it will be parked here a while. the rapid temperature change, 60's, 40's, and almost 30 and south dakota, very cold air coming in behind this front. we will be stuck with this the first really good shot of the autumn weather, and it will stick. 45-49 the overnight low, and we are clearing out, but more clouds. there is another disturbance from the south. the temperatures colder than we have seen. northwest wind diminishing, small craft advisory on the day.

by daybreak, 40's in western maryland. the initial chill texas into the 40's. during the day, we will only be in the mid-50s according to the computer models. as we go deeper into the forecast, monday morning, 30's west of the chesapeake bay, chilly conditions, probably frost conditions to the west. the forecast tomorrow, 50-54 the high. the disturbance passes to the south, but it will be strong enough to push moisture up from the south and give us cloudy and won again/off-again reconditions tomorrow. north, northwest wind at 5-10. not the best of days. the insta-weather future-cast, the moisture coming up from the south during the day tomorrow, right about game time, tomorrow afternoon, evening. then things clear out. for the game tomorrow evening,

looks like it will be chilly, temperatures in the 40's, the rain finally ending tomorrow night. monday, perhaps a sprinkel, 50 the high, the morning low 39. the morning low tuesday, 37. >> we may be wearing jackets, but we are ready for the yankees. >> this team has defied the odds. who says they cannot do it again? hear what buck showalter says about his bunch of overachievers when we come right

the orioles did a lot of celebrating last night following their wild-card win over the rangers in arlington, but now it

is time to focus on the yankees. weather permitting, game 1 tomorrow at 6:00 at camden yards. but showalter said that jason hammel will get the start against cc sabathia. last night, joe saunders allowed just one run at over just five innings. adam jones's sacrifice fly gave the birds the 2-1 lead. nate mcclouth scores another. in the ninth, a couple of insurance runs. how about their rookie, manny machado, base hit, 4-1. things got a little bit dicey for jim johnson, but he gets david murphy to fly out. the orioles win, 5-1, their first playoff win since game 5 of the 1997 american league championship series. >> as a baseball player and

athlete, you always want to prove people wrong. we strive on that. nobody really gave me a chance and i wanted to prove people wrong. usually the ravens are the talk of town this time of year, and at 1:00 things will be back to normal tomorrow when the ravens face the kansas city chiefs in kansas city. normally this would be considered a track game, but a fainthe same thing could have bn said about the browns a couple weeks ago. the ravens pulled out the victory and they're hoping to do the same tomorrow. >> that is out it is. it is not college football. every team in this league is really, really good. if you understand that, you have a chance to find a way to win. if you don't understand that, you have no chance in this league.

>> college football, navy-air force, and this was tight. fourth quarter, navy trailing, 15 yards out. he scores a touchdown. the two-point conversion is good, kind the game at 21-21, over time. in overtime, reynolds trying for the end zone, fumble, but it is recovered by navy. it takes a while to sort this out. finally ruled a touchdown, the midshipmen take the seven-point lead and they win, 28-21, recapturing the commander in chief trophy. the maryland terrapins in action against wake forest, right now trailing 14-13 in the third quarter. >> the game tomorrow real quick, what do you think? how do you see this going? >> obviously did the yankees are the favored, but the orioles are playing with house money. hopefully being loose will give

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evening. monday, 39 and the low, 60 the high. we moderate temperatures as we go through the week. focusing on the game tomorrow evening, starting about 6:00, shortly thereafter, we expect the temperature to be 49 degrees. there could be some rain showers in the area. we will have to see how that develops. at the end of the game, deeper into the 40's, a lingering shower chance. the weather outlook is not great, more like football weather. but we have waited 15 years. if just bundle up and bring a sweater or jacket. >> thank you for joining us. nbc nightly news is next. we will see you back here at 11:00. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--